Powel Crosley, Jr. announces the appointment of three former Kaiser-Frazer sales executives as regional Crosley managers. Arthur H. Babin, formerly of K-F and also of Timken Roller Bearing, Dalton & Bauch and Willys-Overland, is assigned New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and part of Massachusetts. H. M. MacDonald is assigned Minnesota, the Dakotas and Wisconsin, and Lloyd M. Cregor is appointed to the Los Angeles office for California, Arizona and Nevada. (See "Crosley Personnel" in our photo albums.)

Powel Crosley III, the son of Powel Crosley Jr. and Gwendolyn Bakewell Crosley, dies of a sudden heart attack at his Miami home. He had been the general manager for the Crosley Marine Research Laboratory in suburban Coral Gables, Florida. He is survived by his widow and three sons, all of Miami.